WRONG WAR?: More than 65 Orange County...
WRONG WAR?: More than 65 Orange County firefighters are battling forest fires in Northern California. . . . The duty is not without its lighter moments, especially with a tense Middle East situation on everyone’s minds, said Division Chief Richard Witesman of the County Fire Department. . . . “We put three captains on a plane to Fort Carson, Colo. to help train the military on fighting fires. . . . We warned a couple of them that if they got off the plane and the ground was sandy and the weather hot and dry to get back on the plane.”
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